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temple prostitute

noun

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  1. A prostitute who is employed at a temple.

    • In the Madras Presidency alone there are about 12,000 of these temple prostitutes.
    • Her supposed role as a temple prostitute has been thought to provide proof that her Israelite counterpart, the qědēšâ, likewise had a sexual function in the cult.

  2. An individual, usually a woman, engaged in sexual acts as part of religious worship.

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